Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers

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The video drawing the most views now

Why Trump's Plan to Lower Fuel Prices Makes No Sense

Video published

September 24, 2026

Video views so far

241,998

Video views, pace per day

141,346

First-day pace, views per day

141,346

Position on Trari and in the category

Among all 4499 channels on Trari

by subscribers

place 4039 of 4246

In the category Explainers, history and education (64 channels)

by subscribers

place 58 of 59

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
A refresher on correlation vs. causation from an econ profe…	September 25, 2026	1:40 short	6,073	8,485	8,485	266	7
When They Mismanage the Government, You Pay More	September 25, 2026	24:15	45,002	61,402	61,402	1,414	132
Our Lives Are Worth More Than You Think	September 24, 2026	1:55 short	1,611	1,159	1,159	125	9
Why Trump's Plan to Lower Fuel Prices Makes No Sense	September 24, 2026	17:38	241,998	141,346	141,346	5,091	762
How Much Should They Invest in Safety?	September 23, 2026	0:55 short	4,492	-	-	222	6
What Airbags Can Teach Us About AI	September 23, 2026	29:09	43,740	-	-	990	195
A Simple Case Why We Need Free Press	September 23, 2026	1:07 short	4,517	-	-	310	9
Brazil's Random Audits Were Bad For Corrupt Mayors	September 22, 2026	1:45 short	7,204	-	-	453	14
Trump’s Press Crackdown Is an Economic Story	September 22, 2026	19:00	63,524	-	-	1,951	158
Justin Wolfers: The Cost of Alienating Allies	September 22, 2026	7:09	21,438	-	-	521	65
What is the Equity-Efficiency Tradeoff?	September 22, 2026	2:00 short	6,010	-	-	313	22
How Much Money Does It Take to "Get By" in America?	September 21, 2026	23:45	40,109	-	-	1,403	170
Bessent's Threats with No Follow Through	September 21, 2026	1:10 short	42,346	-	-	1,363	39
The Fed Has a Dual Mandate	September 20, 2026	0:51 short	4,588	-	-	198	12
We Analyzed Thousands of Comments From Canadians	September 19, 2026	1:42 short	56,807	-	-	1,681	255

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

27.7 in the category: 23.4

comments per 1,000 views

3.1 in the category: 1.5

short vs long

9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 14,849
average views per long video: 75,968